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Nothing special, but not as terrible as I was expecting it to be. I'm particularly happy with how the base turned out.

Wash the whole model with either devlan mud or badab black.
Do that and you get a decent miniature

This is your first time painting?! Dang, it looks like my paintjob after my 3rd unit!

i would love to show off my first paint job, but it was so terrible that i think it ran away and hid forever, or jumped off a bridge.

if my first paint looked like that, i would be winning golden demons by now....

great job, just now its time to learn your first advanced technique.

washing.

grab a bottle of badab black, and get some on your paintbrush and run it all over the model. let it sit in and do its job, and remove an excess with a brush before letting it dry.

the wash will fill in all the greaves and pits in the model, giving you more depth than what you have. also, it will help create more contrast between the colors, creating a more tonally correct model.

great work for your first time out. i am not great by any means, and many of us arent, but its the leanring process that makes this fun.

if you have any questions, just let me know, i will be more than happy to help any way i can (although truth to be told, they are some amazing painters here, and i am not certain how good my advice is compared to theirs!)

Wash face with devlan mud! but save the eyes, those are really nicely detailed.

One step away from an awesome model!

Damn, this looks amazing for a first job! My first model was nothing like this. Kudos to you. I agree with the others, a bit of wash and it will look really good.

Yes, wash.

Also, paint looks a bit thick over details like his hand and over the skull on the rifle. Try mixing your paints with a little water or other flow aid (like acrylic medium) and I think you'll preserve the details better.

Oh, and the camo looks aweseome.

Quite a lot better than my first mini was =)

You're off to a good start!

My first mini was painted with testors gloss enamels.

Looking good for a start, keep at it. I wish I had not taken so long of breaks in painting my self, so keep at it and you will go far.

Ditto what's been said regarding washes. Keep up the good work.

archont wrote:Wash the whole model with either devlan mud or badab black.
Do that and you get a decent miniature

Exacty what i thought!

Not bad for a first time. The base looks very nice. I like your choice of colours, purple ftw.

Your painting is suc...
...cessful (gotcha there )

The face could use a wash of Ogryn Flesh, but the rest seems to be coming up pretty nicely. Good job

Good first effort.

A wash may just about save this model but on future models you really need to use a lot less paint. The wash will only bring out the detail if there's detail to bring out i.e not filled with paint. The base is almost there too but when doing the next one use the drybrushing technique. (basically dry off your brush on some tissue till the paint is almost gone, then brush over the sand several times.)

Hope this helps, but like I said, good start!

Good job, nice start man.